It had taken Luke and Cooter nearly an hour and a half to get to Fredericktown because of the heavy rush hour traffic on the main highway. But once they finally got there, they drove around for awhile to get a general idea of the little town, which was no bigger then Hazzard, if not a little smaller.
"Ok, so after we get a good idea of this town's layout, then we'll go around and ask anyone we see if they've seen anyone matching Charlie and Chuck's descriptions." Luke said as he drove the General down the small ally's and side streets.
After an hour or so of going down each and every ally and street they could find, Luke and Cooter drove around until they saw a small group of people standing at the corner of the road. Pulling to a stop beside them, Luke looked out his window.
"Excuse me, but I was wonderin' if ya'll have seen a couple of guys around here, one's about 5' 8", has a black beard and mustache and kinda chunky, and the other is about 6' 5", skinny, and has glasses." Luke asked kindly. The people just looked at Luke before walking off.
"Friendly people." Cooter said sarcastically.
"No kiddin'." Luke said in agreement. Luke was just about to drive off when someone spoke to him.
"Excuse me sir, I might be able to help you." A young girl who looked to be about fifteen or sixteen said.
"Really? You've seen the guys we're looking for?" Luke asked.
"Uhu, I saw them at my Grammies store about an hour or so ago. They weren't very friendly though. While they was shopping I heard them talkin' about doin' something to a couple of people in Mansfield."
"That's gotta be them!" Cooter said.
"Yeah, it's gotta be," Luke said before turning back to the girl. "Do you know where they went?"
"Yeah, I think so." The girl said.
"Great, could you tell us which way they went?" Luke asked.
"Ok, did you see an old feed mill when you came into town?"
"Yeah."
"Ok, head towards there. Then you take right, and then it's straight all the way, with the exception of a few curves."
"Thanks a bunch." Luke said as he turned the General around and headed towards the old feed mill him and Cooter passed awhile back.
Meanwhile back at the hospital, Jesse and Daisy were waiting impatiently for the doctors to relocate Bo, who had disappeared after they left to go to the cafeteria to get a bite to eat.
"Oh Uncle Jesse, why'd he have to leave again? He's only gonna hurt himself even more." Daisy sobbed.
"I know sweetheart, I don't know why he took off this time." Jesse said.
At that same time on the same highway Luke and Cooter used, Bo was looking for the turnoff to Fredericktown. He was determined to show Luke he wouldn't get in the way and that he wasn't too sick to help. After a few minutes of looking, Bo finally saw the sign indicating the turnoff to Fredericktown.
"I'll prove to Luke I can help just as much as Cooter can." Bo said to himself as he turned towards the small town. It took Bo a little longer to get to Fredericktown then it did Luke and Cooter, since he was going by the road signs and instinct. But once he did get there, he stopped at the same feed mill Luke and Cooter drove past earlier.
"Ok, if I was a crook, where would I hide?" Bo asked himself. "It definitely wouldn't be in town, that's for sure." Looking at a big sign that advertised boat rentals and fishing at Knox Lake, that had caught his attention, Bo thought about it for a minute before making up his mind.
"Knox Lake sounds like a good place for crooks to hide. And Luke says I'm not very smart." Bo said with a smirk. Turning Jesse's truck, which he 'borrowed', down the road that led to Knox Lake, Bo was on his way.
Somewhere on the waters of Knox Lake, Charlie and Chuck were on a boat that they rented, but didn't plan on returning.
"This is the perfect place to hide!" Charlie said with a smile.
"Yeah, ain't no way the sheriff or anyone else could find us out here." Chuck said in agreement.
"I got a feelin' though, and it ain't a pretty feelin'."
"What's that?"
"I got a feelin' somethin's gonna go wrong and we're gonna get caught."
"Charlie, how is anyone gonna find us out in the middle of a lake?"
"I dunno, but I still got me a feelin' and I don't like it."
"Just relax, we're perfectly hidden."
"Yeah, your right. I'm just a little jumpy I guess. Hey I just had a thought."
"What's that?"
"What if those Duke Boys ain't dead? What if they managed to get out of the snow and get help?"
"Look, even if they are, we can take care of them for good. 'Sides, if the blonde one was sick like he looked like he was, then we'd only have to worry about the dark haired one. And two against one isn't even, which means we'd have the upper hand. And if all else fails then we got these." Chuck said as he pulled two pearl handled hand guns out of his heavy coat.
Meanwhile Luke and Cooter had just arrived at the lake, and were in the process of hiding the General when it started snowing.
"Oh great, it's snowing again." Cooter said.
"Don't worry, as long as it don't get heavy, we can still look for them guys. C'mon, I saw some boats out on the lake, which means it's not frozen over. We can go see if they might've rented a boat."
"What makes you think they'd rent a boat instead of hiding in the woods?"
"Think abut it Coot. There's snow on the ground, and if they hid in the woods they'd leave footprints. And if you were hiding, you wouldn't want to leave footprints, would you?"
"You got a point there, Luke. So where do ya think they are?"
"Well the only other place they could be if they're here would be out on the lake."
"Alright, so what do we do now?"
"Go rent a boat, then search the lake until we either find them or don't find them."
"Sounds simple enough. Let's go." Cooter said as he and Luke headed to the small office to get a boat.
I hope ya'll liked it. Please let me know what you thought!
A/N: If anyone has an idea for a new DoH fic, feel free to let me know, I can't think of a new one. Any suggestions will be gratefully looked over, and possibly used. I'll give you credit for the idea :).
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